high five

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English

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People performing a high five.
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Etymology

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high +‎ five. The five refers to the five fingers of each hand.

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Noun

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high five (countable and uncountable, plural high fives)

  1. A gesture of celebration or victory in which two people slap the palms of their hands together at shoulder height or higher.
  2. A game which uses a technique providing a user with an emotional reward after they complete a minor task or achievement.
  3. (card games, uncountable) The game of cinch.

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Verb

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high five (third-person singular simple present high fives, present participle high fiving, simple past and past participle high fived)

  1. (transitive) To slap high fives.
    • 2012 March 30, Joe Levy, “Rockers at Sea”, in The New York Times[1]:
      Like a lot of my fellow passengers — indie-rock fans who had signed up for a three-day voyage full of bands and beverages — I’d never been on a cruise before. So I don’t know whether most of them begin with a staff member high-fiving each and every person who comes off the gangway.

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